Women’s Income Generation | Fiji
In many regions across Fiji, women take on caretaker roles, sacrificing their
opportunity to earn a living to support children and elderly family members.
In 2017, Rustic began a women’s income generation project, which focuses
on empowering women through skill-based workshops. This initial project
involved three workshops delivered to 47 women across Nabila, Bavu, and
Momi villages. They focused on making purses from leftover snack
wrappers—simultaneously tackling waste management and recycling
along the way. The project continues Rustic’s decades-long partnership with
Fijian communities, where we’ve been working since 1996.

Demonstrating SLO: Humility
“This immersion experience has truly changed my
outlook on human interaction. In the West, we put
such an emphases on self promotion and trying to
get ‘the next best thing’ but in Fiji, community
plays a key role and love is the currency. I cannot
wait to go back and visit my new family there.”

Ellie Rudy
Austin, Texas
Sun, Sand, and International Service in Fiji, 2017

Income Generation

Perka Norte Income Generation Support | Peru
Perka Norte is a rural Aymara community of 25 subsistence farming families on the shores of Lake Titicaca. The area climate
limits what they grow to corn, potatoes, quinoa, lima beans, and other root vegetables. Many families also catch fish. Rustic
partnered with the community and the Perka Norte Sustainable Tourism Association in 2014 to support tourism initiatives
in the area. Other communities around the lake have benefited from tourism and Perka Norte wants to promote its culture,
language, and community while generating income for local families.
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